By Adverbs, Prepositions

Hello Kooyeen, First,thank you very much for your answer . In the meantime I've got the answer on part 1 of my post .It is a question of a preposition at the end of a question.I understand that if ,for example, I ask : Where are you going to? - "where" is a pronoun since it can be replaced with...

Kevin X wrote:Hi, When one says, "I got on my cell and called home," does it mean: 1. I turned my cell on and called home. OR 2. I used my cell to call home. What confuses me is whether the "on" here is an adverb (as in a phrasal verb like )? Thanks a lot!In AmEng, we use "on the phone" as much...

Hi, When one says, "I got on my cell and called home," does it mean: 1. I turned my cell on and called home. OR 2. I used my cell to call home. What confuses me is whether the "on" here is an adverb (as in a phrasal verb like )? Thanks a lot!

Hello everybody, I have two questions about the word "where" . 1.I've been told that "where" in the following sentence is a pronoun by its form : Where did you get to? And the explanation is that in possible answer like: I got to page 4. it stands for the noun phrase "page 4". If it is...

Hi, I think a phrasal verb is a verb that has a verb and a preposition like 'take on' as in 'take on the task on hand'. Then how can we distinguish what comes after a verb is a preposition or an adverb? I think I saw some procedural steps that were used to determine which one but I was confused...

Your statement is incorrect. All are used sometimes and differently.Onto/into are prepositions of motion.On to / in to are adverb-preposition combinations.

When it comes to above and below used as adjectives, I prefer them after the noun. Some people insist that they can be used in front of the nouns, but that grates on my ear as much as the asleep man or saying We did that the before time instead of We did that the time before. It seems to me...

Hi, can some please review my answers to the following question, and amend where necessary. Look at this sentence carefully: He breathed deeply with sheer delight, splashed noisily from the little island, and ran off whistling in the pelting rain. Now name three of each of the following parts...

Hi can some please review my answers to the following question, and amend where necessary. Look at this sentence carefully: He breathed deeply with sheer delight, splashed noisily from the little island, and ran off whistling in the pelting rain. Now name three of each of the following parts...

Thanks Mister Micawber Still confused by answers to 2, 3, 6, 7, 13, 14. Can you please enlighten me further? 2. Thought it was adverb, as it explains how the boys followed. 3. Thought it was a verb, as it follows the pronoun "I" Re the others, they are preposition and conjunction questions...